A few days ago, a newspaper item caught my eye. For the first time, young men entering the UK employment market were on average earning less than young women. I wondered: “Does this mean we are finally achieving a rebalancing of the gender pay gap?” Sadly, it’s a reflection of failures in education and social (more…)
The relationship between performance at work and psychological safety is well-established. High performance requires people (both as individuals and collectively) to be periodically in “flow”. That’s hard to achieve when our thoughts are distracted by fear of, for example, saying the wrong thing, or by the need to maintain a mask that protects us from...
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One of the first things we learned when a company I chaired in the mid-1990s moved to a hybrid model of working was that people have very different perspectives and needs. For some, being in the office most of the time was important to their identity, social engagement and sense of efficacy. At the other (more…)
This simple formula helps someone plan how to bring about a change in an aspect of their life. It’s firmly rooted in positive psychology, because it explores only the positive things they can do. It involves three questions: © David Clutterbuck 2024...
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Once there was a dragon king, who lived in a cave on top of his vast treasure trove of knowledge and experience. Very little light penetrated the cave. Every day, the people in his kingdom would come to him to ask what they should do in their daily lives. For each of them, he would (more…)
Every now and then, we meet teams that are extraordinarily creative and productive. A recent article on Harvard Business Review’s Insider website presents an interesting perspective from psychologist Merete Wedell-Wedellsborg, at IMD business school in Switzerland. Two of the three differentiating factors she identifies are fairly predictable: It’s the third item that is most noteworthy (more…)
Friction within teams or between individuals often results from a mismatch of expectations. An expectation change is a simple way to create clarity, from which positive change can emerge. Each person writes down then shares, in respect of each colleague: It requires a certain level of psychological safety to work well. In an environment where...
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A useful summary of research into successful online conversations, especially in group situations comes from Charles Duhigg,in his recent book Supercommunicators. He identifies four golden rules: These rules apply both to the spoken word and to comments in chat. Chat comments, especially when brief, are more likely to be taken ill, as unfair criticism. Other (more…)
Whether it be a computer cable, a garden hose or a shoelace, we all have experienced how hard a is to untangle a tangle. Jiggle the wrong way, or too hard, or too soft and we make it worse. Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology have been experimenting with a robot to find the (more…)
I’ve written a lot in recent years about the coach-AI partnership and how it might work. I’m pleased to be part of a new research project, which aims to collate perspectives from experienced coaches, who already integrate AI into their professional practice. There is also increasing discussion in popular literature comparing the relationships people build (more…)